Friday's Last Word: Compose.io CEO Kurt Mackey

Last Movie Seen

Mackey: Eddie the Eagle

Talkin' Cloud's Spin: The film, released in 2016, is based on the true story of Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, a British skier and ski jumper who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping.

Last Concert Attended

Last Book Read

Mackey: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

Talkin' Cloud's Spin: Sounds like a compelling novel to us. From the book jacket: "Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements
An all-seeing social network that tracks our every move
Mysterious Smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes
A young girl from the trailer park
and
Her very smelly cat

Kurt Mackey is the CEO of Compose. Prior to joining Compose (formerly, MongoHQ), Mackey was the technical director for Ars Technica at Conde Nast, and before that, he was the director of research and development at ServerCentral. He received his education from the University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus.

What are your plans for Compose.io in 2016?

Compose currently supports seven databases and hopes to eventually double that number. A big focus this year is Compose Enterprise, a new option that allows customers to make use of Compose within their own cloud clusters. We hope to make Compose Enterprise available not only on Amazon Web Services and IBM Cloud, but on additional platforms and in more data centers.

What is "Friday's Last Word"?

Friday's Last Word welcomes cloud-centric CEOs who are willing to answer some fun questions so we can get to know them a little better. Click on each photo to learn more about the CEO you're viewing — it's that simple.

Want to get involved? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Editor in Chief Nicole Henderson at nicole.henderson[at]penton.com.